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2018-08-06 09:52
Wildfire incurs loss of $13,000 per ha to forests nationwide
TEHRAN – Forest wildfire brings heavy economic burden amounting to 560 million rials (about $13,000) per hectare for the country, the commander of the forest protection unit of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has said.
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2018-07-22 16:08
Protecting forests is key to conserve water resources, says expert
TEHRAN — Forest are essential to water cycle and protecting forest plays a key role in saving water and reducing evaporation, a professor of geology at Shahid Beheshti University has said.
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2018-06-23 08:55
Fire in forests in northeastern Iran extinguished
TEHRAN – A fire which swept through some three hectares of forests in northeastern Iran has been put out successfully, an official at the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has said.
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2018-04-27 20:19
Cadaster to help save national land areas from land grabbers
TEHRAN — Initiating cadaster in Iran would save national land areas from land grabbers, an official at Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has said.
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2018/04/08
By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
Zagros oak forests would cry out if they could!
It seems that there is a race between fungal disease and human greed for destroying Zagros oak forests and no matter which one wins, we will be the loser.
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2018-04-05 18:29
‘Wildfire during Noruz holidays unprecedented’
TEHRAN – Wildfire swept through some 150 hectares of forests across northern Iran during Noruz holidays (March 21 – April 2), said an official with Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, noting that the extent of fire was unprecedented for the last decade.
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2018-03-30 17:23
The significant deforestation trend in Iran during last 7 decades
TEHRAN – According to the most recent data published by Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, some 14.2 million hectares of Iran’s area is covered by forests compared to 19.5 million hectares in 1942, ISNA reported on Tuesday.
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2018-03-10 20:25
Iranian judge punishes minor crimes with tree planting not jail
TEHRAN – Mohammad Reza Amuzad is a judge in Galikesh, northern Golestan province, who punishes minor crimes with alternative sentences such as planting trees in the province.
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2018/03/06
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
How come we are treating trees like intruders?
They say trees are lungs of the Earth, so how come we are treating them like intruders?
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2018/02/25
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Defenseless national land areas
TEHRAN — The controversial directive from the Supreme Council of Environment on revision of national protected areas will definitely leave such regions in an exposed position.
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2018-02-20 18:56
Law adopted on selling national land area may endanger environment
TEHRAN — The recently-approved law on selling national land area will seriously endanger the environment and jeopardize the integrity of the protected areas, according to the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization.